ESTATE OF JOHN R0LfE OF Newbury.
"This 4th (3d) of februrie 1663 I John Roffe of Newbry being often sickly am willing while my memorie is good to dispose of my outward Eetat not knowing how soon I may be deaolued and leue this world Therefore I do ordain and make my last will and Testament as followeth first I Com-itt my soule to god and my body to the Erth to be buried 2dly I give and bequeth my house and all my land I have in salsbery with all the priviliges and apurtenances be longing ther vnto in said salsbery into my daughterr Hestur sanders the wife of John Sanders during hir life and thirtie pounds more: and after hir decease to Remain vnto hir Children of hir body by Equall portions Itm I give and bequeth vnto sarah Cottell the wife of willm Cottl besid twenti pounds I formerly gave hir I give hir twenti pounds more and vnto hir two Children sarah Cottl and Ann Cotle tenn pounds a peece to be Improved by whim Cottl for ther beniflt Itm I giue into my Grand Children Tue Ring and Josep Ring tenn pounds a peeee and vnto Elizabeth shropinhere and hester Ring twentie pounds a pccce Itm I giue vnto Thomas whittyre for his Children ten pounds Item I giue vnto the Church of newhre twenti shilings Itm I giue into Richard whittyr my sisters sonn teim pounds and vnto his soon John whityr five pounds Itm I giue vnto John Rofe my brothrs sonn tenn pounds and vnto his two daughtrn marie and Rebeca flofe flue pounds to be Improved equaly for ther benifit
"Itm I give vnto beniamn Rofs son John Roffe tenn pounds and his sonn benimin Roffe five pounds to be Improved for ther benifit Itm I give vnto Ann Gardner the wife of Richard gardner five pounds Item I give into honore dole the wife of Richard dole my --- Item I giue vnto Richard Dols six Children fortie shillings and------ Item I giue vnto heneri lesenby Richard dols servant ten shilling. Itm I giue vnto man Kinrick tenn shillings and a plater of pewter Likwis I do ordain and apoint my louing Kindaman Richard dole to be my Executur to discharg and pay all the former ligacies and debts and Charg that may a Rise for my funerall or otherwise and I desir my three frends Henri short willm moody and Richard Knight to be my ouer seers to see this my will to he performed and my will is that all the legacies should be paid within a yere and half after my decease"
his mark
John B Roffe (szaL)
Witness: Richard Knight, Cornelius Connor, Hen: Short,
his mark
william W-M moodye.
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 29, 1664 by Richard Knight and William Moody. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 24,116.
* The day at the month was changed in the original instrument.
The Duxford Ancestry of the Richardsons and Wymans. Contributed by John B. Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin.
It has long been known that the brothers John and Francis Wyman, and their uncles Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, all of whom ended up in Woburn, Mass., came from Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. The mother of the Wyman brothers was Elizabeth Richardson. These Richardsons were children of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson, also of Westmill. Apparently nothing further has been published on the Duxford family. A recent search of the probate records and parish registers regarding this family reveals the following. Richard Duxford seems to have been the first of the name to appear in Westmill. The name comes from the parish of Duxford in Cambridgeshire which is sixteen miles north-northeast of Westmill and six miles west of Linton. The earliest baptisms in the extant parish register of Westmill start in 1580.
23 March 1618 - the will of Richard Duxford of Westmill, Hertfordshire, husbandman... weak in body.., to daughter Joan Darde my tenement with appurtenances and one half acre of ground whereon it standeth, namely the house wherein Francis Wyman now dwelleth. . . . to Agnes Duxford, Joan Duxford, William Duxford, Clement Duxford, Richard Duxford and Elizabeth Duxford my son William Duxford's children, to each of them 6s. Sd., the eldest within one year, the next eldest the next year, the third eldest the third year, the three youngest at age 21, to be paid by my daughter Joan Darde out of the tenement... to Katherine Richardson my daughter one messuage or tenement called Barwicke wherein she now dwelleth.. . to Agnes, Joan, William, Clement, Richard & Elizabeth Duxford my son William s children, to each of them 6s. 8d. to be paid by my daughter Katherine in same way as payments by daughter Joan.. . . to Elizabeth Wyman the wife of Francis Wyman one chamber at the east end of the tenement wherein I now lie if she fortune to be a widow, for as long as she remain a widow. . .. to Katherine Richardson my daughter one feather bed and bolster rest of my movable goods unbequeathed to my daughters Joan Darde and Katherine Richardson, they to be executors. Signed by mark. Proved 2 July 1622 by the daughters.
The Inventory of the goods and chattels of Richard Duxford late of Westmill in the county of Hertford, husbandman, deceased; praised by William Browne, Richard Baker, Robert Coningesbye and John Nuttinge the 27th day of April Annodom. 1622.
one ould Cubbard, fower old Chests 6s.
one olde bedsted, one olde stole, three shelves
with other trash 4s.
three payer of old sheets wth other small lynan 10s.
one olde feather bede, one boulsters, two olde
pillowes 6s.8d.
one Coverlett, three blankets 10s.
brass, Irore wcrke and peaulter 10s.2d.
two old tubes and other old wodden vessell 3s.4d.
one Cowe 46s.8d.
his apparell 6s.8d.
Some is £5.3 .6d.
William Browne Richard Baker
Robt Coningesbye John (N) Nuttinge
(Hertfordshire Probate 32 HW 78)
Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 139, April 1985, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, March 3, 2001
CHRISTENING: maybe 1604
A Line of DESCENDANTS OF EZEKIEL AND SUSANNA (Bradford) RICHARDSON, WHO SETTLED IN CHARLESTOWN, Mass., IN 1630 AND REMOVED TO WOBURN, MASS., IN 1641. Ezekielt Richardson, the immigrant, came from England in the Arbella, one of Winthrop s fleet, robably with his wife Susanna, and settled in Charlestown, Mass., 6 July 1630. He was b. about 1605; m. probably in England Susanna Bradford, date unknown; birth date unknown; d. 15 Sept. 1681, in Woburn, Mass., as the wife of Henry Brooks, her second husband. Ezekiel d. 21 Oct. 1647, in Woburn; will dated 20 May 1647; proved 1 June 1648. His younger brothers, Samuel and Thomas, followed him to Charlestown in a few years. Ezekiel and Susanna were members of the First Church of Charlestown which later became the First Church of Boston. Freeman 18 May 1631. He and his brothers removed to Woburn in 1641, and were among the founders of that town in 1642. The street on which they lived in Woburn was called "Richardson's Row", now a part of Washington in Winchester, Mass. Children, b. in Charlestown, except last two b. in Woburn, were, Phebe, Theophilus, Josiah, John, Jonathan, James, Ruth d. young, and Ruth. (See History of Charlestown, compiled in 1845 by Richard Frothingham, Jr., p p. 52, 59, 70, 73, 79, 85, 106 and 108; also History of Woburn, compiled in 1868 by Samuel Sewall, p. 71 and other pp.)
EZEKIEL RICHARDSON of Woburn.
20: 5: 1647. I, Ezekiel Richardson, of Woebourne, being in perfect niemorie. Wife Susanna, and Eldest Son, Theophilus, Executors. To son Josias, thirtie pounds, to be paide in many, Cattell or come, when 21. Vnto son James, £30; Vnto dau. Phebe, £30. I discharge whatsoever dem~nds bane bin between my brother, Samuel Richardson, and my selfe. Vnto brother, Thomas Richardson, his Son Thomas, 10 . Overseers, Edward Converse and John Mousafl of Woeboume. In case either die before the accomplishment of this my will, the surviuer, with the consent of Thomas Carter, pastor of the church in Woebourne, shall haue power to chuse an other overseer in his place. Vnto the Overseers 30s a peece. Debts discharged, all the rest to Executors, provided wife may peacablie injoy her habitation in the house.
Thomas Carter, scribe Ezekiel richardson.
Eduard Couvars Proved by Edward Cost,era & John
John Mowsall Mowsall. 1 (4) 1648, before the Govr &
my selfe.
Increase Nowell, sec.
Father may be Lars Gulbrandsen and mother may be Dorte Sorensen (Sorensdaater)
BIRTH: 19 Feb from IGI